左右逢源 — Chinese idiom
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
Meaning
- lit. to strike water right and left
- fig. to turn everything into gold
- to have everything going one's way
- to benefit from both sides
Character by character
- 左zuǒleft; unorthodox, improper
- 右yòuright; right-wing
- 逢féngto happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
- 源yuánspring; source, root, head; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 左券在握 zuǒ quàn zài wò
- 左右两难 zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
- 左右为难 zuǒ yòu wéi nán
- 左右开弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
- 左思右想 zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
- 左拥右抱 zuǒ yōng yòu bào
- 左膀右臂 zuǒ bǎng yòu bì
- 左道惑众 zuǒ dào huò zhòng
- 左顾右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn
- 旁门左道 páng mén zuǒ dào
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